Joanna (Wilbore) Potter (abt. 1668 - abt. 1759)

Born about 1668 in Sakonnet, Dartmouth, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Potter 3rd — married about 1701 in Little Compton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 1759 at about age 91 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Joanna Wilbor was born about 1668 in Sakonnet (Dartmouth), Plymouth Colony, to William Wilbore Sr. and Martha (Unknown) Wilbore. The lands of Old Dartmouth, purchased on behalf of the Plymouth Colony in 1652, included all or part of the present towns of Dartmouth, New Bedford, Westport, Fairhaven, and Acushnet, Massachusetts, and a strip of Tiverton and Little Compton, Rhode Island.

She married Nathaniel Potter 3rd in Little Compton probably about 1701. In 1682, Sakonnet was incorporated by the Plymouth Colony and renamed Little Compton.

Little Compton was not annexed to Rhode Island until 1747. All estate and land records prior to that year can be found in Taunton and New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Probate Court and Registry of Deeds.

They had two children during their marriage; a son, William Potter, and a daughter, Mary (Potter) Brownell. Joanna died in 1759, in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

Birth & Marriage Dates

Research disclosed 3 different birthdates for a Joanna Wilbor of Little Compton, Rhode Island: 1668, November 7, 1698, and June 8, 1700^[1]

Based upon the birthdate of her first child, William, in 1689, our Joanna's birth year would probably be 1668. Also, her marriage to Nathaniel Potter was probably before 1701.

Children

1. William, born November 12, 1689, Dartmouth; married Mary Browning
2. Mary, born in Dartmouth, died on April 12, 1722; married first to Isaac Wood; married secondly to Brownell^[2][3]

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Name

Name: Joanna /Wilbor/^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, First Series. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, by James N. Arnold; Volume 4. Newport County. Little Compton-Births and Deaths, page 182; Town Record, Book 1, Iona Wilbor, 1668; Town Record, Book 3, Iona Wilbor, November 7, 1698; Town Record, Book 4, Joanna Wilbor, June 8, 1700
2. ↑ "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VW5R-WQ6 : 12 December 2014), Nathaniel Potter in entry for Isaac Wood and Mary Potter, 12 Jun 1722; citing Gloucester, New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 850,324.
3. ↑ "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VW5R-WQK : 23 February 2021), Nathaniel Potter in entry for Charles Brownell and Mary Potter, 19 Feb 1743; citing Gloucester, New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 850,324.
4. ↑ Source: #S73 Page: Ancestry Family Trees

• Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, First Series. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, by James N. Arnold; Volume 4. Newport County.

• Little Compton-Intentions and Marriages, page 67; Town Record, Book 6; Iona Wilbor and Nathaniel Potter, probably 1701.
• Little Compton-Births and Deaths, page 182; Town Record, Book 1, Iona Wilbor, 1668; Town Record, Book 3, Iona Wilbor, November 7, 1698; Town Record, Book 4, Joanna Wilbor, June 8, 1700
• Little Compton-Births and Deaths, page 150, Town Record, Book 4, Nathaniel Potter, 1675; Iona (Wilbor) Potter, his wife, 1668; Mary Potter, of Nathaniel and Iona, 1702

• Genealogies of the Potter families and their descendants in America to the present generation: with historical and biographical sketches by Potter, Charles Edward, published 1888

Acknowledgements

• Wilbur Family Geneaology prepared by Orina Delano Reagan Delano-852 (10th generation in America), daughter of Dora Wadsworth Wilbur Wilbur-420 (9th generation in America), and Joseph Kempton Delano Delano-849; sources unknown.

• Wilbur-1768 Unsourced family tree handed down to Kerri Crossman.
• Source: S73 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R2 NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Darrell Abbey for creating WikiTree profile Wilbor-39 through the import of Generations of Abbe_Abbey 2013-07-28.ged on Jul 28, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Darrell and others.